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Learn about the history, operations, and effectiveness of drug courts, specialized programs that aim to help participants recover from substance use disorder and reduce criminal activity. Find out how drug courts are funded, evaluated, and compared to traditional courts.
Learn about the history and factors of deinstitutionalization, the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with community mental health services. Find out how deinstitutionalization affects people with mental illness and developmental disabilities, and what alternatives are available.
Many laws and rules hinder addiction treatment in Tennessee. Tennessee has the second highest overdose death rate per-capita (CDC data from 2021). Despite the record number of overdose deaths ...
Judge Gregory Bartlett, who started the first drug court in the area in 1998 and currently presides over Kenton County’s drug court, won’t allow Suboxone as part of a defendant’s treatment plan. His reasoning: defendants in his court “have to be off drugs.”
Drug courts are problem-solving courts that aim to help addicted offenders into long-term recovery instead of punishment. Learn about the key components, effectiveness, and comparison with other interventions of drug courts in the US and other countries.
This summer, the Supreme Court declined to rule on the merits of a case that asked the justices to consider whether emergency abortion care can be offered to patients whose health is in danger.
Drug courts provide access to a continuum of alcohol, drug, and other related treatment and rehabilitation services. Abstinence is monitored by frequent drug testing (including alcohol). A coordinated strategy governs drug court responses to participants' compliance. Ongoing judicial interaction with each drug court participant is essential.
An overview of the history, policy, and effects of drugs in the US, including illegal psychoactive substances, pharmacological drugs, and doping in sports. Learn about the War on drugs, drug courts, drug smuggling, and the National Drug Code.